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<p>
      The accessibility bridge code that exports accessible objects
      on the bus is now used by default; atk-bridge has been converted
      into a library that GTK+ links against. To void the linking,
      pass --without-atk-bridge when configuring GTK+.
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<p>
      GDK threading support has been deprecated. It is recommended to
      use <code class="function">g_idle_add()</code>, <code class="function">g_main_context_invoke()</code> and similar funtions
      to make all GTK+ calls from the main thread.
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<p>
      GTK+ now follows the XDG Base Directory specification for
      user configuration and data files. In detail,
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<li class="listitem">$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/custom-papers is the new location
          for $HOME/.gtk-custom-papers</li>
<li class="listitem">$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/bookmarks is the new location
          for $HOME/.gtk-bookmarks</li>
<li class="listitem">$XDG_DATA_HOME/themes is preferred over $HOME/.themes</li>
<li class="listitem">$XDG_DATA_HOME/icons is preferred over $HOME/.icons.</li>
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      Existing files from the old location will still be read
      if the new location does not exist.
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<p>
      $HOME/.gtk-3.0 is no longer in the default module load path.
      If you want to load modules from there, add it to the GTK_PATH
      environment variable.
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